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To throw bombs from an airplane will do as much damage as throwing bags of flour. It will be my pleasure to stand on the bridge of any ship while it is attacked by airplanes.

- Newton Baker, US minister of defense (1921)

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Military Word Of The Day

HMCS HURON

Her Majesty's Canadian Ship Huron

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Today in Military History

October 5

1813:

Death of Tecumseh in Battle of the Thames

1866:

The Brockville Rifles: Semper Paratus (Always ready)

1866:

The Brockville Rifles: Semper Paratus (Always ready

1866:

The Lanark and Renfew Scottish Regiment: Fac et Spera (Do and hope)

1871:

Fenian invasion force capture the Hudsons Bay Company at Pembina Manitoba.

1921:

763 (Ottawa) Communication Regiment (originally 3 Divisional Signals)

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